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1981 Kansas City Royals

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982

First Half: 20-30, Finished 5th
Second Half: 30-23, Finished 1st
Overall: 50-53, Finished 4th in AL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Jim Frey (30-40) and Dick Howser (20-13)
Scored 397 runs, Allowed 405 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 51-52

Ballparks: Royals Stadium · Attendance: 1,279,403 (2nd of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98 · one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99

Postseason:  Lost AL Division Series (3-0) to Oakland Athletics

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1980 / 1982 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary
Willie Aikens 26 L R 6' 3" 220 Oct 14, 1954 4 101 96 101 99 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.2 $
Juan Berenguer 26 R R 5' 11" 186 Nov 30, 1954 4 8 3 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
George Brett HOF 28 L R 6' 0" 185 May 15, 1953 9 89 87 89 88 0 0 0 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2.6 $190,000 All-Star
Ken Brett 32 L L 6' 0" 190 Sep 18, 1948 14 22 0 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Dave Chalk 30 R R 5' 10" 175 Aug 30, 1950 9 27 13 27 25 0 0 0 10 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 -0.3 $
Onix Concepcion 23 R R 5' 6" 160 Oct 5, 1957 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 $
Rich Gale 27 R R 6' 7" 225 Jan 19, 1954 4 19 15 1 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.1 $
Danny Garcia 27 L L 6' 1" 182 Apr 29, 1954 1st 12 2 12 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 0 1 6 -0.2 $
Cesar Geronimo 33 L L 6' 0" 165 Mar 11, 1948 13 59 31 59 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 50 58 0 6 6 0.1 $
Jerry Grote 38 R R 5' 10" 185 Oct 6, 1942 16 22 20 22 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Larry Gura 33 B L 6' 0" 170 Nov 26, 1947 12 23 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.4 $265,000
Atlee Hammaker 23 B L 6' 3" 200 Jan 24, 1958 1st 10 6 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.4 $
Clint Hurdle 23 L R 6' 3" 195 Jul 30, 1957 5 28 26 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 28 0 2 0 0.7 $
Tim Ireland 28 B R 6' 0" 180 Mar 14, 1953 1st 4 0 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 $
Mike Jones 21 L L 6' 6" 215 Jul 30, 1959 2 12 11 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.9 $
Greg Keatley 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 12, 1953 1st 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $
Dennis Leonard 30 R R 6' 1" 190 May 18, 1951 8 26 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 $200,000
Renie Martin 25 R R 6' 4" 190 Aug 30, 1955 3 29 0 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 $
Lee May 38 R R 6' 3" 195 Mar 23, 1943 17 26 11 26 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 0 -0.2 $
Hal McRae 35 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 10, 1945 13 101 101 101 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 97 0 0 -0.1 $
Darryl Motley 21 R R 5' 9" 196 Jan 21, 1960 1st 42 36 42 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 39 41 0 4 2 -0.2 $
Rance Mulliniks 25 L R 5' 11" 162 Jan 15, 1956 5 24 13 24 21 0 0 0 10 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 -0.4 $
Amos Otis 34 R R 5' 11" 165 Apr 26, 1947 14 99 97 99 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 86 1 99 1 2 0 1.4 $
Bill Paschall 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 22, 1954 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Ken Phelps 26 L L 6' 1" 209 Aug 6, 1954 2 21 2 21 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17 0 -0.3 $
Jamie Quirk 26 L R 6' 4" 190 Oct 22, 1954 7 46 21 46 32 0 22 0 1 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 21 0 -0.5 $
Dan Quisenberry 28 R R 6' 2" 170 Feb 7, 1953 3 40 0 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 $
Jeff Schattinger 25 L R 6' 5" 200 Oct 25, 1955 1st 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 $
Pat Sheridan 23 L R 6' 3" 175 Dec 4, 1957 1st 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 1 0.0 $
Paul Splittorff 34 L L 6' 3" 205 Oct 8, 1946 12 21 15 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 $
U L Washington 27 B R 5' 11" 175 Oct 27, 1953 5 98 97 98 98 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.7 $
John Wathan 31 R R 6' 2" 205 Oct 4, 1949 6 89 81 89 88 0 74 1 0 0 0 3 0 13 16 0 6 2 -1.0 $
Frank White 30 R R 5' 11" 165 Sep 4, 1950 9 94 93 94 93 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.5 $ All-Star
Willie Wilson 25 B R 6' 3" 190 Jul 9, 1955 6 102 100 102 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 18 0 103 0 0 0 2.9 $
Jim Wright 26 R R 6' 5" 205 Mar 3, 1955 1st 17 4 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR WAR Salary

Uniform Numbers

Baseball Hall of Fame: Team Uniform Colors and Appearance

Onix Concepcion
Darryl Motley
George Brett
Willie Wilson
Dave Chalk
Jamie Quirk
Clint Hurdle
Hal McRae

John Wathan
Lee May
Jerry Grote
Ken Phelps
Tim Ireland
Rance Mulliniks
Frank White
Dennis Leonard

Cesar Geronimo
Willie Aikens
Ken Brett
Amos Otis
Renie Martin
Bill Paschall
Dan Quisenberry
U L Washington

Jeff Schattinger
Larry Gura
Atlee Hammaker
Tim Ireland
Paul Splittorff
Jim Wright
Juan Berenguer
Pat Sheridan
Rich Gale
Greg Keatley

Mike Jones
Danny Garcia
Juan Berenguer

1980 / 1982 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

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